gluten-free cinnamon buns

eek!  somehow this post got buried in my draft folder!  what a sweet, gooey, cinnamon-y shame.

last month 2 of my friends celebrated birthdays within a couple days of each other.  both anne & ryan love making music and they were putting on a night of feet-moving tunes at our local watering hole to celebrate.  sadly m & i were going to end up missing this party night to get him down to the airport, so instead we had them over for dinner.  the birthday kids are both omnis of the open-minded kind and willing to try anything from my vegan kitchen {which i love!}, so i cooked up my high protein cauliflower alfredo complete with sundried tomatoes to wow them with alongside a huge massaged kale salad inspired by this lovely one from hannah.  i couldn't decide on a cake for dessert, so on a whim i made cinnamon buns!

cinnamon buns usually get relegated to brunch material {and don't get me wrong, i love a sunday cinnamon roll brunch} but they're all kinds of amazing as a dessert too.  especially since like a cupcake you get your very own, which you can scarf down, or eat it methodically, round and round, layer by layer, winding your way to the middle for the most amazing few gooey bites in the universe.

and actually, a little birthday candle fits perfectly when wedged in the middle of the roll!

{birthday girl & birthday boy}

i used this recipe, cutting it in half and making it with gluten-free flour.  the original {full} recipe makes 8 - i made 6 from my half-batch.  they were a little on the small side, but perfect size for dessert!  for the icing i just whisked up a little icing sugar and almond milk and poured it liberally over top of the semi-cooled buns. 

sorry to have held out on these drool-worthy photos, but i figured better late than never.  hopefully you won't mind looking at them on the blog for a little while...

if you don't hear from me for a couple weeks, it's because i'm bound for spain on friday!  actually, on friday i'm bound for london.  once there i'll be meeting up with m now that his uk tour is complete, and then we're headed to spain, where we've got exploring to do, sangria to drink and vegan tapas to {hopefully} discover! 

and i can't wait to tell you all about it when i return.